Firm and Provider News

King & Spalding LLP is one of the top five law firms nationwide that Fortune 1000 companies view as providing the best client service. according to The BTI Consulting Group. Inc.'s annual Survey of Client Service Performance for Law Firms. The survey rates King & Spalding as among "the cream of the crop of the Client Service A-Team."

The Morristown-based law firm Riker Danzig Scherer Hyland & Perretti LLP has announced that Charles S. Detrizio has joined the firm as a partner.
Mr. Detrizio joins Riker Danzig's corporate group. He is resident in the Morristown office and also practices out of the firm's New York office. His transactional and counseling practice covers a wide array...

Holland & Knight LLP has announced that Peter M. Murphy. former general counsel to the United States Marine Corps (USMC). and Thomas A. Hart Jr.. who Industry Standard magazine recently referred to as an "architect of the Internet." have joined the firm as partners in the Washington. DC office.

Eisner LLP. Accountants and Advisors has announced the admission of Michael Breit to partnership in the firm.
As a new audit partner. Mr. Breit brings to Eisner his experience in serving media and entertainment companies. retailers. and distributors. He has specific expertise in cable television. broadcasting. sports. and film and has participated in...

The international law firm Kelley Drye & Warren LLP has announced the addition of an extensive patent practice to its nationally recognized intellectual property group. This expansion will allow Kelley Drye to provide a complete range ofintellectual property expertise, including multi-office patent capabilities.
The addition of a patent group...

Syngence LLC, the provider of Synthetixª linguistic pattern matching search technology and Syndexª automated indexing for law firms and corporate legal teams involved in litigation and investigations, has announced the appointment of Barry Seidner as director of product line management.
Mr. Seidner assumes responsibility for the successful launch of new...

Samuel J. Arena, a partner at Stradley Ronon Stevens and Young, LLP, has been named chair of the American Bar Association's Fidelity and Surety Law Committee.
Mr. Arena is chair of Stradley Ronon's fidelity and surety practice group and represents insurance companies in complex fidelity and surety matters, and insurance coverage matters and related...

The Altman Weil Law Department Compensation Benchmarking Survey of U.S. corporate law departments has just been released.The survey, published in partnership with the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), shows healthy increases in total cash compensation for most in-house lawyers.

The international law firm Kelley Drye & Warren LLP has taken first place inThe American Lawyer 's annual Summer Associates Survey. With a focus on mentoring and high-quality work assignments, Kelley Drye's summer associates ranked the firm's program at the top of the list among more than 150 firms nationwide.

Regina M. Pisa, chairman and managing partner with the law firm of Goodwin Procter LLP, became chair of the Easter Seals Massachusetts Board of Directors November 3 at the organization's annual meeting. Easter Seals provides services that help people with disabilities expand their independence.
Ms. Pisa has been a member of the Easter Seals board since...

Doerner &Goldberg, a leading court reporting and litigation support organization, has announced D&G Access, an online deposition service enabling law firms to have secure online document repositories based upon court documents, exhibits and transcripts, the firm's working papers and any other case-specific documents.

AFIRE, the Association of Foreign Investors in Real Estate, announced that it has appointed Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP, a nationally recognized law firm with one of NYC's fastest-growing real estate, capital markets and finance practices, as its general counsel.
Founded in 1988 by a group of German and Dutch pension funds as well as...

Proskauer Rose LLP, a leading law firm with over 600 lawyers in the U.S. and Europe, announced that it has promoted seven associates to senior counsel.
In New York, Herschel Goldfield was named senior counsel in the Health Care practice; Christopher Pennington was named senior counsel in the Real Estate practice; Amy B. Regan was named senior counsel in...

Nixon Peabody LLP has named Richard F. Langan, who has been the leader of its Business Practice Group, as head of the firm's Business Department, which includes more than 260 attorneys in over 25 practice areas.
Mr. Langan will be succeeded as head of the Business Practice Group by Jonathan R. Karis, who since joining Nixon Peabody in February 2003 has...

Two widely recognized power and energy regulatory attorneys with decades of experience in the power, electricity and natural gas industries have joined Torys LLP in the firm's New York-based Energy and Power Group.
"Our new partners Buz Barclay and Andrew Schifrin bring a distinguished record of advising clients in energy-related businesses and in all...

Michael K. Ligorano, a member of the Somerville, NJ-based law firm Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., has been selected by The Arc of New Jersey as the statewide winner of its Volunteer of the Year Award. Mr. Ligorano received the award at a ceremony on November 30 at the Westin Hotel in Princeton, NJ.

Robert Half Legal has published its annual survey of salaries in the legal profession. Average starting salaries for attorneys, paralegals and other legal professional in the United States are expected to increase 3.4 percent in 2005, according to the recently released Robert Half Legal 2005 Salary Guide.
The fastest growing practice areas include...

The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP has announced that it has agreed to provide a gift of $100,000 to the Edmund S. Muskie School of Public Service, located at the University of Southern Maine. Chadbourne wanted to honor its former partner for his many contributions to public service.
The pledge will support the building of a new...

Arthur M. Siskind, group general counsel of News Corporation, will be honored by more than 600 of his peers in the legal community at UJA-Federation of New York's Judge Joseph M. Proskauer Event hosted by the organization's Lawyer's Division.
The event takes place on Thursday, December 2 at the Grand Hyatt New York, Park Avenue at Grand Central, New York...

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart (K&L) has announced that Boston partner Lloyd Macdonald has been unanimously confirmed by the Massachusetts Governor's Council as Associate Justice of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He was nominated by Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney.